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https://books.google.com/books?id=wk-OxcTKyi4C&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=gold+standard+named+after+%22harry+gold%22&source=bl&ots=AXrPH2ypGm&sig=_cy8sz_s8L2OL3a-9jH

https://books.google.com/books?id=wk-OxcTKyi4C&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=gold+standard+named+after+%22harry+gold%22&source=bl&ots=AXrPH2ypGm&sig=_cy8sz_s8L2OL3a-9jHnB-Xwl_8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMv5WQ0sfYAhXLRt8KHbVUB14Q6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=gold%20standard%20named%20after%20%22harry%20gold%22&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=wk-OxcTKyi4C&pg=PA105&lpg=... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714297/

tofof 6y ago
Both publications notably do not capitalize 'gold standard'. The first book simply calls it 'aptly named', pointing out the aptronym, but does not attribute the name to Harry Gold. The NCBI says that Fisher (the famous statistician) established placebo with randomized control trial 'gold standard'. It is coincidental that Harry Gold, a pharmacologist, is the progenitor of placebo therapy in American medicine - as the NCBI notes, placebo therapy is "as old as medicine itself".
jimhefferon 6y ago
The second one has "Gold", and "gold standard" but it does not link the two. The first links the two, but there are a number of sources here and at the least they disagree.